Motorsports fans will likely recognize the face: It belongs to Charles Leclerc, the Monegasque Formula 1 megastar.
But here hes far from the autodrome.
So I compose melancholic music because its just a way for me to disconnect.
Photo: Mark Cocksedge and Chivas Regal
Music is his biggest personal interest after, well, cars.
(Leclerc fondly recalls the pair listening to Where Is the Love?
by the Black Eyed Peas while traveling to his go-kart competitions.)
Hamilton and Leclerc at a Ferrari event in Milan this month.
Hamilton and Leclerc at a Ferrari event in Milan this month.
It befits the grandeur and emotion of competing at home.
He cites Hans Zimmer as an inspiration.
Photo: Antoine Truchet
In 2024 Leclerc worked with French pianist Sofiane Pamart on a four-track EP calledDreamers.
Suddenly my imagination had no limits anymore, because he was there for the technical part.
I stopped by, but Im not good enough yet to perform live.
Im training for that!
Leclerc says, laughing.
Its not often that the public gets to see this more playful side of a Formula 1 fixture.
The sports image is heavily controlled, withDrive to Surviveoffering one small, polished window into its inner workings.
Leclerc is fairly candid about his careers outsize demands.
I also playpadel, and I like to ski.
I read a lotmostly self-reflection books.
Leclerc is a dog dad, too, with a one-year-old dachshund namedLeo.
(This writer would like to see him among the next round ofdogues.)
Hes definitely made my life a lot better, Leclerc says.
I mean, its just crazy how much you could love a little dog like this.
Its a great life.
Im doing what Ive dreamed of doing since being younger.
But the time with my close ones is something I miss sometimes.
Ive basically got to register them and release them.
In other words: Hed like to pick up the pace a little.
